Yesterday I finished knitting a little hat, got ready to bind the blue and white rail fence/snowflake quilt, and ignored the Holland quilt. Working on the latter is quite intense and I just didn't feel up to that level of intensity. It is a frustrating quilt because no matter how precisely I cut the pieces (all 1.5" wide), they don't always seem to go together evenly. I took one section apart and added 1/4" in the middle of the row which helped considerably. I'll try to get back to it today after grocery shopping and errands. If not, there's always tomorrow. And this is how UFOs are born!
If I get a chance today I'll cut the binding for the snowflake quilt. I was given some blue striped fabric that will be perfect for it, even if it is a poly blend. Marie did her usual beautiful quilting job on that quilt, made from blocks I won in a raffle at the state quilt guild meeting this fall.
Yesterday we had a visit from a very nice representative from Budget Blinds. He measured our north-facing front windows and the bathroom window for "waffle" shades which I hope will make those areas a little warmer. It will be six weeks or more before they can be installed, and by that time it should be a little less chilly out. Still, I am looking forward to a more "modern" look in both places.
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would they have had circular needles in the 1940's I wonder? I ordered the pattern for the Melt the Ice hat in both crochet and knit I know I won't finish fast but I will try to get one done. I know paying for the pattern the money was for a good cause and it is cute.
I was curious and had to look up the needles to see when they made circular needles - the first in 1918 but they weren't made real well - would catch on the yarn a lot Through improvements in cords they started to become popular in the 1950's so I bet a lot of the Norwegian hats were made on straight needles.
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